Mental Health News/ Articles

The Colonial American Society referred to those suffering from mental illnesses as “lunatics” which interestingly enough was derived from the root word “lunar” meaning, “moon”. Through astrological reasoning it was believed that insanity was caused by a full moon at the time of a baby’s birth or a baby sleeping under the light of a full moon.

SPEECH DELIVERED BY DR. PINAMAN APAU ON BEHALF OF THE CHIEF PSYCHIATRIST/MEDICAL DIRECTOR, ACCRA PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL ON THE OCCASION OF THE VISIT OF THE HON. MINISTER OF HEALTH ON TUESDAY 19TH FEBRUARY, 2013.

Honorable Minister of Health, the Hon. Deputy Minister Of Health, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Health, the Director General of Ghana Health Service, and Members of the Hon. Minister’s entourage, Members of Hospital Management, .....

The Psychiatric Nurses Group and the local Ghana Registered Nurses Association (GRNA) branch of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital on saturday night held a farewell dinner in honour of Mrs. Alice Darkoa Asare-Allotey,the immediate past national president of the GRNA and the out-going Deputy Director of Nursing Services (In-Charge) (DDNS, I/C) at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital,(APH).

Dr.Akwasi Osei,Chief Psychiatrist, Ministry Of Health/Ghana Health Service, who is also the Medical Director of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital and a delegation from the Hospital on saturday,August 18,2012 joined the Adabraka Mantse,Nii Tetteh Adjabeng II and the people of Adabraka in Accra to celebrate their Homowo Festival.

Bad news is often broken to us when we wake up.This time round ,however, the bad news broke out in broad dayligth of the demise of our President, His Excellency Prof. J.E.A.Mills.That was the Black Tuesday,July 24,2012,the first time a Ghanaian President had died while in office.